Half of Chinese Toys in Russia Unsafe - Report
A consumer rights official in Russia told the media Thursday that "More than half of the toys of Chinese manufacture available on the Russian market fail to meet the applicable sanitary and epidemiological requirements. They contain lead, resins, formaldehydes, substandard dyes and unsafe tiny parts," according to a report from the ITAR-TASS news agency. The official said Russian tested 185,000 toys last year, and 93,000 of them were FOUND UNSAFE. The report appears to be part of a general global collapse in the reputation of Chinese goods. Thailand banned all food imports from China yesterday. Senator Chris Dodd called on President Bush yesterday to halt many exports from China. A bed seller in the Netherlands recalled Chinese mattresses over a discovery that they're toxic. Peruvian police last week seized 60 tons of toxic Chinese toys (and also toys from Malaysia and Taiwan) smuggled illegally into the country in a sting code-named "Operation Toys Against Death." And just about every country in the world is banning or recalling Chinese toothpaste.
(props to Status of the Chinese People)
Labels: China
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Comments:
Two questions come to mind:
1. Do the Russian people know about this? With an ostensibly state-run media it hinges on the answer to question 2.
2. Does the government want to do anything about it. On one hand this could be one of the initial rallying cries to turn the Russian people against China for whatever reasons but on the other hand China and Russia share many ideologies so Russia may protect her even more oppressive neighbor. Basic human caring about the welfare of the population or the realization the parents caring for sick kids don't have time to complain about totalitarian regimes... It'll be interesting to see which side wins.
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